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Throughout the Ages - Agriculture

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*Packing Niagara Grapes and Peaches, 1911. Packing Niagara grapes and peaches in Youngstown, New York, 1911.

*Peach Orchard, 1936. Men loading peaches on a tractor-drawn wagon, 1936.

*Hauling Apples, 1911. A load of apples in barrels being hauled from an orchard near Youngstown, New York, 1911.

Field of Grapes, Currants, and Berries, 1913. A farmer plowing between rows in a field of grapes, currants and berries near Middle Hope in the town of Newburgh, New York, 1913.

Picking Strawberries, 1913. Workers picking strawberries in a field near Middle Hope in the town of Newburgh, New York, 1913.

Spraying Peach Trees, 1913. Men spraying peach trees with either pesticide or fungicide in an orchard near Geneseo, New York, 1913.

*Hop Pickers 1, circa 1900. Hop pickers in the vineyard in Hop City, New York, circa 1900.

*Map of New York Apple Districts, 1917. Map of New York State showing major apple growing regions, 1917.

New York Orchard Fruit Crop of 1919. Map showing the orchard fruit crop in New York State in 1919. From J.R. Smith’s Human Geography. (1924) Book II.

New York Grape Crop of 1919. Map showing the grape crop in New York State in 1919. From J.R. Smith’s Human Geography. (1924) Book II.

Map of New York Growing Season, circa 1912. Map of New York State showing the average length of the growing season. From Bulletin No. 316, 1912, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station.

*Hop Pickers 2, circa 1900. Hop pickers in Hop City, New York, circa 1900.

Women Buying Vegetables, 1919. Women buying vegetables from a wagon at an outdoor market in Albany, New York, 1919.

*Truck Farm Wagon, 1916. Men loading potatoes and cabbages onto a wagon at a truck farm near the town of Jamaica on Long Island, New York, 1916.

Pea Threshing Station, 1923. Yager and Halstead Inc.’s Pea Threshing Station No. 2 in Tully, New York, 1923.

Potato Field, 1928. A man and boy working in a potato field near Malone, New York, September 1928.

Threshing Machine, circa 1900. Men working in a field with a horse-powered threshing machine, circa 1900.

Filling a Silo, 1912. Four men and a woman filling a silo in Saint Lawrence County, New York, 1912.

Irrigated Fields, 1912. Fields irrigated by overhead pipes on a forty-five acre truck farm near Greenport, New York, 1912.

Plowing and Harrowing, 1913. Five teams of horse-drawn sulky plows plowing and harrowing farmland near New Paltz, New York, 1913.

Tractor in a Field, 1925. A tractor parked in an onion and celery field between Batavia and Albion, New York, June 12, 1925.

Cutting Oats, 1915. A farmer cutting oats with a cradle near Hobart, New York, 1915.

Reaping Oats, 1915. A farmer harvesting a field of oats with a riding reaper pulled by three horses on a farm near Seneca Castle, New York, 1915.

Plowing a Field, 1924. A man plows a field with a sulky plow drawn by two horses on a farm north of Seneca Falls, New York, 1924.

Loading Hay, circa 1900. Men loading hay onto wagons in New York State, circa 1900.

Sheep in a Pasture, 1913. A flock of sheep and lambs in a large pasture at Bristol Center, New York, 1913.

Loading Hay onto a Cart, 1913. Two men loading hay onto horse-drawn carts on a farm near Salem, New York, 1913.

Duck Farm, 1914. Ducks in the water and on the shore at a duck farm near Speonk on Long Island, New York, 1914.

Storing Hay, 1912. Two men loading hay into a barn loft near Utica, New York, 1912.